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Pablo Calvo Hidalgo (16 March 1948 – 1 February 2000), better known as Pablito Calvo, was a Spanish child actor.
Pablito Calvo | |
|---|---|
 Calvo in 1956 | |
| Born | Pablo Calvo Hidalgo 16 March 1948 |
| Died | 1 February 2000 (aged 51) Alicante, Spain |
| Years active | 1955–1963 |
| Spouse |
Juana Olmedo (m. 1976) |
| Children | 1 |
Biography
editAfter the international success of Marcelino, pan y vino, where he won a Cannes Film Festival award (1955), he became Spain's most famous child actor. He did five more films including Mi tío Jacinto (1956), Un ángel pasó por Brooklyn (1957),[1] and Toto and Marcellino (1958) in Italy, with Totò.
Retired from acting at the age of 16 to become an industrial engineer later, he worked in tourism and promoting buildings in Torrevieja.[2] Calvo sang in a few films, but his singing voice was always dubbed on screen in Spain by a woman named Matilde F. Vilariño.
Calvo married Juana Olmedo in 1976. They had one son.[3] He died on 1 February 2000 from a brain aneurysm at the age of 51.[4]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Marcelino pan y vino | Marcelino | |
| 1956 | Uncle Hyacynth | Pepote | |
| 1957 | The Man Who Wagged His Tail | Filipo | |
| 1958 | Totò e Marcellino | Marcellino Merini | |
| 1960 | Juanito | Juanito | |
| 1961 | Alerta en el cielo | Miguelito Ramos | |
| 1962 | Dos años de vacaciones | Brian | |
| 1963 | Barcos de papel | (final film role) |
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ Román, Manuel (1 February 2015). "Hace 15 años que murió Pablito Calvo". Libertad Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ↑ "Fallece el actor Pablito Calvo, protagonista de "Marcelino, pan y vino"". El Mundo (in Spanish). 2 February 2000. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ↑ His Son details are not recorded anywhere 25 años sin Pablito Calvo, la estrella de 'Marcelino, pan y vino': la tragedia del niño que salvó a su familia (in Spanish)
- ↑ "Pablo Calvo, el niño de 'Marcelino, pan y vino', muere a los 50 años". El País (in Spanish). Prisa. 3 February 2000. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
Bibliography
edit- Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995, Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 264-265.